Comments on: Shields among Nats’ top targetshttp://natsinsider.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets/
News, analysis and commentary from someone who has covered the Washington Nationals since Day 1Tue, 03 Mar 2015 22:35:33 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: Andrewhttp://natsinsider.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets/comment-page-1/#comment-178342
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:26:12 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178342If offered Shields for Espinosa and Morse, Rizzo should not hesitate. Morse has exactly 1 good full season to his resume and Espinosa has 2 middling seasons to his credit. Nice players, but in exchange for a legitimate 2 or 3 proven pitcher with playoff experience you make that move. I doubt the Rays would pull the trigger.
]]>By: Water23http://natsinsider.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets/comment-page-1/#comment-178318
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:01:10 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178318Or Morse & Rosebaum for R.A. Dickey. Imagine the Knuckleballer throw after Gio and before JZim.Wow, that would make other teams shake in their boots!
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Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:57:24 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178312Just for fun, How about Desi & Morse for Cano?
]]>By: Gardnerhttp://natsinsider.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets/comment-page-1/#comment-178252
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:57:06 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178252@Feel Wood – I am not sure that everyone in the Nationals front office thinks that Lombardozzi can be an everyday player let alone everyone on this board. I for one don't think that second basemen win championships but if you peer beyond the 3 we are discussing the cupboard is bare.
]]>By: Davehttp://natsinsider.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets/comment-page-1/#comment-178246
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:45:02 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178246Fan Fest! Woo hoo! And in the winter, too! (Not on the weekday afternoon before the first game…duh.)Seems like most of the anticipatory trade musings here contain some version of the conditional phrase, "if the Nats can re-sign ALR…" and then proceed to unfurl a scenario of trading the Beast and Danny for pitching (Shields?). But I think noises made by LaRoche in the last 24 hours or so make clear that his deal, if there is one, won't happen for awhile.I'd be really surprised to see Morse as part of a trade deal, unless there really is a deal with ALR in the works right now.But I don't really know anything. Nor do most of us here.Incidentally, during about the last 1/3 of the season, we in section 313 started noticing that NL pitchers had seemed to get wise to Morse's fourth at-bat. They always threw him junk, and he always swung at it. "Take On Me" = guaranteed strike one.Love the song, but either Mike needs to get his timing better or he needs to ditch it for walk-up music.
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Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:39:41 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178244new post
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Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:32:10 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178242MicheleS, this is real progress if they style a FanFest off of the best of the best which is St Louis as they bring in past and present players. It would be cool to get Frank Howard and Dick Bosman there alongside Ryan Zimmerman and Stephen Strasburg.While some think all of this should be FREE, I think you get what you pay for. I would rather pay or donate to a charity if it means all the players show up. When I had no NL team I would travel to St Louis for their "Winter Warm-up". Quite the party! Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, and even Pujols showed up and his autographs were sold on a lottery basis to keep the lines manageable.I just hope Feffer has done his research as the previous NatsFests weren't too good.
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Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:24:15 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178241Ghost.. I knew there was no way the PR would be doing a big FA signing or Trade. I have been hoping all along and pestering the Nats twitter account about a fan fest.
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Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:16:36 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178240MicheleS said… Washington Nationals‏@NationalsHey #Nats fans, major offseason announcement coming up, stay tuned…December 03, 2012 11:37 AM They got you and some others real good on that one who thought it was a big trade or FA signing!Very welcome news on a real FanFest that isn't in the stadium.
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Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:14:31 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178239Thanks for the info, Michele. I believe that's the same day as the local SABR chapter's annual program, which I usually attend as well. hmmm…choices… :-)
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Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:02:08 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178238FAN FEST! And it's on a weekendWashington Nationals‏@Nationals You asked for it, you got it. #NatsFest 2013 is coming Saturday, January 26:
]]>By: staring out the window waiting for springhttp://natsinsider.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets/comment-page-1/#comment-178237
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 17:01:46 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178237ARod getting hip surgery, again. Jeter out. What do you suppose the Yankees would give you for Espinosa?
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Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:58:36 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178236Gardner said… Middle infield is not a position of strength for those who have said we would be "trading from a position of strength".If you have three players who everyone seems to think should be everyday players – and Gold Glovers at that – for two positions, then that is definitely a position of strength.
]]>By: JThttp://natsinsider.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets/comment-page-1/#comment-178235
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:57:32 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178235I was in the group (small as it may have been) that wouldn't have minded sending Espi and Morse to TB for Shields, but only if LaRoche agrees to the 2 year offer. Lombardozzi is a much better left handed bat than Espi and he doesn't strike out nearly at the rate of Espi. Lombos defensive skills may not be up to Espi standards but they're not that far off either. Rendon is working his way through the system at a good pace is will be joining the Nats, perhaps as a September call up and more next spring. Whatever Rizzo does he does after thinking things through, I'm ok with whatever he does, not that it matters any.
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Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:55:32 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178234With all the talk of the players above you know Rizzo is just letting out the info he wants but no one – not even Mrs. Rizzo and, perhaps, the Lerners – knows what is on Rizzo's radar.
]]>By: staring out the window waiting for springhttp://natsinsider.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets/comment-page-1/#comment-178233
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:54:52 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178233Ross Detwiler, probably.
]]>By: staring out the window waiting for springhttp://natsinsider.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets/comment-page-1/#comment-178232
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:53:42 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178232Anyone else?John Lannan.
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Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:53:24 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178231Major nats announcement coming in 5 minutes
]]>By: Feel Woodhttp://natsinsider.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets/comment-page-1/#comment-178230
Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:51:29 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178230Rizzo seemingly never admits to shopping anyone.That's because he doesn't "shop" his players/prospects. He uses the opposite approach. He decides who he wants to get in trade, and then uses those players/prospects as necessary to get what he wants.You can count on the fingers of one hand the players that Rizzo has "shopped" since he became GM. Nyjer Morgan comes immediately to mind. Anyone else?
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Mon, 03 Dec 2012 16:47:48 +0000http://natsinsider.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/shields-among-nats-top-targets#comment-178229Peric — Morse could play LF or DH for Tampa, no?
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